espuma
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#10,498
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
15
similar word pairs
espuma is aSpanishnoun. It means: Grupo de burbujas que se hacen en la superficie de los líquidos. Pronounced [esˈpuma]. Often confused with estima and estufa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espuma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈpuma] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for espuma is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈpuma]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,498 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for espuma, with forms such as "epsuma", "espmua", and "esppuma". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "estima", "estufa", "esquema", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is espuma, spelled E-S-P-U-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Grupo de burbujas que se hacen en la superficie de los líquidos.
- 2Parte del jugo e impurezas que arrojan ciertos líquidos y sustancias al momento de su cocción.
- 3Gomaespuma.
- 4Mousse (plato).
- 5Cosa vana o sin importancia.
- 6Lo más importante o apreciado de algo.
- 7Tejido ligero, similar al crespón.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsuma,espmua,esppuma,espuam,espumma,esspuma,esupma,sepuma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
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Misspelling Variants of "espuma"
Frequency rank: #10,498 in Spanish
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